Mgnrega tripura west

The MGNREGA is a flagship programme of government of India, and since 2009, it is being implemented in all the states and districts of India, with dual objectives of creating jobs and productive assets in rural India. The smaller northeastern state—Tripura—has successfully implemented the MGNREGA programme and has achieved a marked notable success. This chapter assesses impact of the scheme on the participating households in the Dhalai district of Tripura. Besides compiling the secondary data, primary information was collected across XX households using structured schedules. The study illustrates that MGNREGS has impacted positively on livelihood of the participating poor and marginal households. The programme has led to increase in asset base on income assurance. The study also finds more job opportunities for the unreserved categories due to decreasing trend in allotment ratios for the STs in the study area. However, with the recent changes in the operational framework of the programme, the participants are apprehensive about future of the scheme and security of their employment. Keywords • MGNREGS • Inclusive growth • Employment • Livelihood opportunity • Tripura • Aggarwal, A., A. Guptaand, and A. Kumar. 2012. Evaluation of NREGA wells. Economic & Political Weekly 47 (35): 24–27. • Bhowmik, Indraneel, and Pritam, Bose. 2015. Efficiency and Impact of MGNREGS in Tripura. Social Change and Development 12 (1): 1–19. • Bhowmik, Indraneel. 2013. MGNREGS in Tripura: A Study o...

The Tripura government Friday published a report card of rural development achievements in the last five years and said despite the Covid pandemic and rural livelihood avenues were augmented through the modernisation of villages. However, the government does not feel jobs rolled out through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) can be an indicator of positivity or progress. Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma published the report card of the rural development department since the 2018-19 financial year and listed 46 major achievements in six segments, including Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), rural livelihood mission, MGNREGA, rural development engineering wings, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission and panchayat department. He said all other departments of the state government would also publish report cards of respective achievements apart from similar report cards from all MLAs. While the deputy CM said his government has rolled out 60 person-days work on average under the MGNREGA across Tripura and 65 person-days on average in 12 ‘aspirational RD blocks’ and ended corruption in wage employment benefits, his government does not feel NREGA is an indicator of positivity. “NREGA can’t be the barometer of development or a positive indicator. I would not say there should be less NREGA work. If there is demand among people, we shall give work as long as we can. But if there is no demand, it means there are other avenues of income in villages...